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Moral Sense

Definition: Moral Sense

Moral Sense

Noun

1. Motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Moral Sense

Synonyms: conscience (n), scruples (n), sense of right and wrong (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Moral Sense

English words defined with "moral sense": churn up, Common sensedisgustMoralizationnauseatePropenserevoltsickenTowards. (references)
Specialty definitions using "moral sense": Caliban. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Moral Sense

DomainTitle

Books

  • Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions and Affections, With Illustrations on the Moral Sense (reference)

  • Illustrations on the Moral Sense (reference)

  • Making Moral Sense : Beyond Habermas and Gauthier (reference)

  • Moral Sense und praktische Vernunft : David Humes Ethik und Rechtsphilosophie (reference)

  • The Embers and the Stars: A Philosophical Inquiry into the Moral Sense of Nature (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Familiar Quotations: Moral Sense

AuthorQuotation

Abraham Lincoln

Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Moral Sense

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

The revolutionary sense is a moral sense.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Speeches: Moral Sense

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Thomas Jefferson

1801-1809That disposition to theft with which they have been branded, must be ascribed to their situation, and not to any depravity of the moral sense.

Abraham Lincoln

1861-1865The fugitive-slave clause of the Constitution and the law for the suppression of the foreign slave trade are each as well enforced, perhaps, as any law can ever be in a community where the moral sense of the people imperfectly supports the law itself.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Moral Sense

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

biologist moral sense

2
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Modern Translation: Moral Sense

Language Translations for "moral sense"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

moralisches bewusstsein, gefühl für gut und böse. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

"義心 , "徳心 , "心 , "念 (wife of a monk), モノカルボン酸 (dag coating containing molybdenum, mobile, mohair, Mohawk, Mohawk haircut, molybdenum, moment, momism, monaural, monaural record, monocarboxylic acid, monochrome, monoclonal, mono-fluorine, monogram, monograph, monographie, monolock, monologue, monomania, monomaniac, monomer, monopolize, monopoly, monorail, monosexual, monotone, monotype, moped, moral hazard, moral majority, moral pollution, moral risk, moral support, morale, morale survey, moralist, morality, moratorium, Morris dance, person fond of using a mobile phone, unisex), 徳義心 , 善心 (conscience, virtue). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ぜ"し" (advance, ancestor, antecedents, conscience, drive, full-length, gradual progress, one's whole heart, predecessor organization, preliminary trials, previous existence, previous position, progress, steady advance, the whole body, virtue), モラルセンス , どうぎし", どうし" (child's mind, concentricity, naivete, policeman, same mind, the same faith, unanimity), どうね" (same age, same year, that year, wife of a monk), どうとくし", とくぎし". (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oralmay ensesay

   

Portuguese

  

senso moral (morality). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

sentido moral. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Moral Sense

Misspellings

"Moral Sense" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: moral sence. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Moral Sense

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-l-m-n-o-r-s-s"

-2 letters: almoners, anemoses, enolases, lameness, maleness, maneless, nameless, normless, realness, reseason, salesmen, seasoner, solemner.

-3 letters: almners, almoner, arenose, areoles, armless, earless, enamels, enamors, enolase, lassoer, leaners, leasers, loaners, manless, meaners, measles, merlons, moaners, morales, moreens, morsels, normals, oarless, oarsmen, ramsons, ransoms, reasons, reloans, renames, resales, reseals, resoles, salmons, sealers, seamers, senoras, senores, sermons.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-e-l-m-n-o-r-s-s"
 

+1 letter: neorealisms.

 

+2 letters: formalnesses, lemongrasses, salinometers.

 

+3 letters: comradeliness, generalissimo, lowerclassmen, marvelousness, memorableness, removableness, salmonberries.

 

+4 letters: ceremonialisms, ceremonialists, comparableness, forestallments, formidableness, generalissimos, impersonalizes, impressionable, macronucleuses, neoliberalisms, semiporcelains.

 

+5 letters: blameworthiness, cholestyramines, clamorousnesses, comfortableness, comradelinesses, glamorousnesses, impersonalities, maladroitnesses, marvelousnesses, memorablenesses, millionairesses, quarrelsomeness, removablenesses.

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Alternative Orthography: Moral Sense


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 6F 72 61 6C      53 65 6E 73 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01101111 01110010 01100001 01101100 00100000 01010011 01100101 01101110 01110011 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#111 &#114 &#97 &#108 &#32 &#83 &#101 &#110 &#115 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 006F 0072 0061 006C      0053 0065 006E 0073 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

478184677825371808571

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Familiar
6. Quotations: Fiction
7. Quotations: Speeches
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Derivations
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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